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- titled 5mm @gate/nt JOHN L. TALLMAN A'ND JAMES V. DE PUY, OF' TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN. l

Letters Patcnt No. 88,677, dated Apr/il 6, 1869.

Be it known that we, J oHN L. TALLMAN and J Amts V. DE PUY, of Tecumseh, Lenawee county, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Machine `for Cooling Milk, which we4 call A Milk-Oooler; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the whole machine Figure 2 represents the water-current and channel, with milk and water-vessels attached.

Figure 3 represents the milk-channel, showing the open current of milk.

` To enable others to understand our. invention, we make the following particular description:

Fig. 1 represents the apparatus entire.

This consists of two principal parts: first, a vessel, or box, of wood, or metal, or stone, with a bar, or slat placed on one side, and passing across nearly to the other side of the vessel, or box; and, next, a bar, fastened on the opposite side of the box, or vessel, and passing nearly to the opposite side, and these bars placed often enough, so as to make a continuous passage for the water from one end of the box, or vessel to the other, passing across the box, or vessel from one side to the other, substantially as shown in said drawing, the water being received 'at one end, and passing across om side to side, until it reaches the other end of the box, or vessel, and then passing out through the waste-pipe.

Onthis box, or vessel rests another box, or vessel,

similarly formed by transverse bars, to make a channel for the milk, the passage so arranged as to make square corners for the milk tc strike in its passage along the channel, and across the vessel'from side to side.

This vessel, with its channel so formed, rests in the vessel of water, or other cool fluid, solas to be covered on itsbottom and on the sides of eachchannel with the water, or other cool liuid in the lower vessel passing against the sides andv bottom of the upper vessel, as represented in the drawings, leaving the top of the milk-channel open, for the escape of 'the animal heat and odor contained in the milk, andvproducing the effeet of a rapid cooling of the milk, and freeingit iom animal odor and heat.

Fig. 2 represents the lower or waterschannel, with milk and'water-vesselsattached a-t opposite ends, showing the current of ice-water, or other cooling-duid from the water-vessel F flowing under and on either side of the milk-conduit, or channel D, and discharging from the water-spout K. Y This.water-channel, and the milk and water-vessels may. be made of wood, or' of any suitable metal, or of stone..

Fig. 3 represents the milk-channel D, showing the open current of milk enclosed on the bottom and sides by the water-current, and iiowing in the opposite direction fromthc water-current, and discharging at the faucet E,

This channel may be made of wood, or any metal.

Figure 4 represents a side view of a ring in the milkvessel A, holding the strainer B.

Figure 5 represents a top view of said ring;

A represents, in all the figures, the milk-channel..

B, the strainer.

O, faucet to the milk-vessel.

D, channel for milk, and the arrows the course of the milk-current. v

E, faucet, discharging milk from channel D.

F, water-vessel.

G, faucet to water-vessel.

H, channel for counter-current of ice-water about the milk-channel.

I, dotted lines, showing the position of the wire N `in the milk-channel when Iplaced for use.

K, spout, for discharging water.

L, bar, to direct the water-current.

M, a not'ch in each bar, to receive the rail, or wire N, and hold it in the position indicated by the dotted lines. c

N, wire, or rail on the side of the milk-conduit, or channel, stifi'euing` it and `holding it in place.

We do not broadly claim cooling milk by running a current of water in contact with a vessel containing a current of milk running in a direction opposite to the water-current, as we are aware that that has already been done, and is seen in the patent of J. 0. Moore, July 31, 1866, for apparatus for cooling milk; but

What we do claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A machine for cooling milk, or other liquids, by the p combination of avessel or vessels causing a current of milk to run in, one direction immersed in a vessel or vessels filled with water, or other fluid, the water coming in contact with the milk-vessel on the bottom and sides, and causingthe current of water, or other fluid to run in a direction opposite to the milk-current, both vessels being -placed in a horizontal position, with the milk and Water-currents running ina horizontal direction, and with the upper surface of the milk-vessel open, so as to expose the milk to the action ofthe atmosphere, by means of the particular combinationand devices fully set forth in the specifications anddrawings.

JOHN L. TALLMAN. JAMES Y. DE PUY.

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